The Latest: Officers were sent to wrong house and then shot

CLINTON, Mo. (AP) — The Latest on the shooting of three Missouri police officers (all times local):

6:20 p.m.

Authorities say three Missouri police officers were sent to the wrong house when responding to a 911 call, which led to one officer being killed and two others being wounded.

Missouri State Highway Patrol Sgt. Bill Lowe says the 911 call Tuesday night was from Windsor, about 15 miles (24 kilometers) from Clinton. Lowe says it's unclear why they were sent instead to a home in Clinton but when they arrived officers went inside to check if any criminal activity was occurring and were shot.

Lowe says investigators are still trying to determine how the mistake occurred.

A woman who was at the home, 37-year-old Tammy Widget, was charged Wednesday with possession of methamphetamine with intent to deliver and maintaining a public nuisance.

Henry County Prosecutor Richard Shields says it's too early to tell if the drug charges are directly connected to the fatal shooting of 30-year-old Clinton police officer Christopher Ryan Morton and the wounding of two others.

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1:40 p.m.

The suspect in a shooting that killed a Missouri police officer and wounded two other officers had been in and out of prison since 2000 for drug and resisting arrest convictions.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol identified the suspect in a tweet Wednesday as James Waters, of Clinton. He was found dead early Wednesday in a Clinton home where the officers were shot hours earlier while trying to apprehend him.

The Missouri Department of Corrections says he served stints in prison from October 2000 through November 2002, May 2003 through April 2008, July 2008 through October 2012 and May 2014 through last July.

Waters was charged in November in Missouri's Cass County with unlawful possession of a firearm and drug possession. The case was pending when he died.

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11:10 a.m.

Authorities say a 37-year-old man is the suspect in a shooting that killed one Missouri police officer and wounded two other officers.

The Missouri State Highway Patrol identified the suspect in a tweet Wednesday as James Waters, of Clinton. He was found dead early Wednesday in a Clinton home where the officers were shot hours earlier while trying to apprehend him.

The slain Clinton officer was identified as 30-year-old Christopher Ryan Morton. One of the wounded officers is hospitalized with moderate injuries, and the other has minor injuries.

Missouri Highway Patrol Sgt. Collin Stosberg says the officers went to the home in Clinton on Tuesday night in response to a 911 call in which a disturbance could be heard. Clinton is about 70 miles (110 kilometers) east of Kansas City.

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8:30 a.m.

Authorities say a Missouri police officer killed in a shooting that wounded two other officers served with "distinction."

The Missouri State Highway Patrol tweet ed Wednesday that Christopher Ryan Morton was a full-time Clinton police officer from February 2015 through January 2017, when he temporarily became a reserve officer. He returned to full-time duty last September, one month after another Clinton officer was shot and killed.

Morton was fatally shot Tuesday night while trying to apprehend a suspect at a home. One of the wounded officers is hospitalized with moderate injuries and the other has minor injuries. The patrol says a SWAT team entered the home early Wednesday but found the suspect dead.

Clinton, with about 8,800 residents, is about 70 miles (110 kilometers) east of Kansas City.

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7 a.m.

Authorities say a man shot and killed a police officer and wounded two others at a home in Missouri.

Missouri Highway Patrol Sgt. Collin Stosberg says the officers went to the home in Clinton on Tuesday night in response to a 911 call in which a disturbance could be heard.

The patrol says shots were fired at the officers soon after they arrived at the home at around 9:20 p.m. Tuesday.

Clinton Officer Christopher Ryan Morton was fatally shot while trying to apprehend the suspect. One of the wounded officers is hospitalized with moderate injuries and the other has minor injuries.

The patrol says a SWAT team entered the home at 12:10 a.m. Wednesday but found the suspect dead.

Stosberg says the cause of the suspect's death is under investigation. A woman also was taken into custody at the home.

Clinton is about 70 miles (110 kilometers) east of Kansas City.

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2:57 a.m.

Officials say a police officer was killed and two other officers injured after responding to a Missouri residence.

Missouri Highway Patrol Sgt. Bill Lowe said during a news conference that the Clinton County 911 center received a call Tuesday evening at 9:20 where two women could be heard screaming in the background. Clinton Police officers responded.

Shortly after their arrival Lowe says the officers were shot at by the suspect from inside the residence. Lowe says officers went inside in an attempt to apprehend the suspect who then fatally shot one officer and wounded the others. They were transported to a hospital for treatment. Their conditions weren't immediately known.

Lowe says a SWAT team entered the residence but found the suspect dead at 12:10 a.m.